News: Gurugram: 35 more air purifiers to be installed at key junctions by end of the year-20-12-2020
GURUGRAM: To check pollution levels in the city and give some relief to commuters at traffic junctions, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has started the installation process of a second batch of air purifiers, said officials on Friday. With this, the city will get 35 more purifiers by the end of the year.
A total of 60 purifiers were sanctioned. As many as 25 of them were installed in November after the initiative was launched by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
Seven new air purifiers will be installed near Medanta Hospital, eight will be installed near Max Hospital, another eight will be installed near Bakhtawar Chowk, while 12 will be installed on the Golf Course Road. As of now, 25 are already functioning at Sikanderpur, GMDA office and Iffco Chowk.
“As per our agreement with GSK and IPCA, all 60 air purifiers will be installed by the end of this month,” said a GMDA official. He added that these air purifiers will help bring down the concentration of PM 2.5 by almost 40% whereas the concentration of PM 10 is likely to be reduced by 60 to 70%. These purifiers run on electricity and purify the air in an area of 500 meters.
Meanwhile, the filters from the machines installed in the first leg have been replaced and IPCA is currently studying the nature and concentration of pollutants from these purifiers.
TOI had earlier reported that in order to analyse the different kinds of pollutants and their concentration at the major hotspots in the city, the filters from the 60 air purifiers installed last month have been sent to the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
“The analysis will help understand the concentration of PM 2.5, PM10, SO2 and other pollutants at a given location,” said Subahs Yadav, additional CEO, GMDA.
